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so, i guess the -- sort of position that against what i see as probably the pentagon a lot of defense contractors and an awful lot of waste there it and i realize that this is more urgent and we can't collect that waste from the defense contractor and double billing, whatever it is because of the urgency problems. it's more urgency with the pentagon. >> the irony is that the contractors are sort of buffered against this because of their contracts. you can't just go in and say, cut a program and get that money back in eight months. if you're going to do it, you have to cut people. and here is the sad thing. >> greta: but the deal, it's a contract. >> a contract. exactly, but the contract with the soldiers is, if i have to cut 24,000 enlisted men and 7,000 officers in the next eight months to a year, that's an easy payback to the budget. it's not so easy for those soldiers who had two, three, four tours in iraq and afghanistan. machine a machine gunner or mortarman and now on the street. >> greta: it's a much more urgent situation, and i see it now. i understand that. i'm curious about
so, i guess the -- sort of position that against what i see as probably the pentagon a lot of defense contractors and an awful lot of waste there it and i realize that this is more urgent and we can't collect that waste from the defense contractor and double billing, whatever it is because of the urgency problems. it's more urgency with the pentagon. >> the irony is that the contractors are sort of buffered against this because of their contracts. you can't just go in and say, cut a...
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whole side of the pentagon was not side, blah, blah and these kids. my son to this day, he thinks in washington and pentagon was not hit. >> let's talk about the social media. opportunities and challenges that facebook and twitter and texting and being able to send videos like that. do you think social media helps fuel conspiracy theories or maybe you can squash them online. >> andrea: i think it's made them so much worse. if i had a nickel every time i used to get a family member, pass this on and alarmist. a couple of them i read, but you can quickly find out if they are not legally. i said please don't send me. all the people on the chain. >> bob: greg made a good point. problem with conspiracy, you have to disprove it. >> greg: popular mechanics did disprove all the 9/11 truthers then we have jobs. i'm not going to answer idiot's questions. >> eric: x files, conspiracies are out to get you. >> dana: that is why i'm so paranoid. they are throwing behind 1960 radicals. it glorifies communist that was one-once on ten most wanted list. later on a segm
whole side of the pentagon was not side, blah, blah and these kids. my son to this day, he thinks in washington and pentagon was not hit. >> let's talk about the social media. opportunities and challenges that facebook and twitter and texting and being able to send videos like that. do you think social media helps fuel conspiracy theories or maybe you can squash them online. >> andrea: i think it's made them so much worse. if i had a nickel every time i used to get a family member,...
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know congress did not grant it lightly, but at the time transitions were underway at the cia and the pentagon, and given the threats facing our nation, it was critical to have bob's strong leadership at the bureau. 12 years is a long time to do anything. and i guarantee you that bob's wife agrees. in addition to asking congress, we need approval from ann as well. today, as bob prepares to complete his service, this is a wonderful opportunity for all of us as a nation to say thank you to bob and ann, but also gives me a chance to announce my next choice for the fbi director, jim comey. every day their staff devotes their lives to keep us secure, from the streets of our cities to the battlefield of afghanistan. they embody the core principles of fidelity, bravery, and integrity. bob mueller has embodied those values through decades of public service and lived them every day as fbi director during an extraordinary time in our nation's history. bob, some of you will recall, was sworn in just days before 9/11. bob not only played a key role in her response to those attacks, he began one of the big
know congress did not grant it lightly, but at the time transitions were underway at the cia and the pentagon, and given the threats facing our nation, it was critical to have bob's strong leadership at the bureau. 12 years is a long time to do anything. and i guarantee you that bob's wife agrees. in addition to asking congress, we need approval from ann as well. today, as bob prepares to complete his service, this is a wonderful opportunity for all of us as a nation to say thank you to bob and...
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the increasing degree, the pentagon which is very much a foreign policy maker now. all of the pentagon for installations, hundreds and hundreds of bases, located all over the world, intimidate foreigners strongmen that it chooses to support today that it may choose to turn on tomorrow, of course, all of this meddling, all of this chronic interventionism has not made the american people better off. and did not say never. maybe an instance in which one can make a positive case for it, but it is the exception to the general. and so the main thing that will have to happen would be an alteration of what you might call the present defaults stance of american foreign policy which is the idea that america ought to be involved in everybody's troubles all over the world. that's the basic desire or capacity to act. it misstates the idea that one knows enough to act intelligently with the reality of the vast ignorance, even the people in the state department and pentagon about what is going on. tickets us involved in. >> and again and again and again from which it is very diffi
the increasing degree, the pentagon which is very much a foreign policy maker now. all of the pentagon for installations, hundreds and hundreds of bases, located all over the world, intimidate foreigners strongmen that it chooses to support today that it may choose to turn on tomorrow, of course, all of this meddling, all of this chronic interventionism has not made the american people better off. and did not say never. maybe an instance in which one can make a positive case for it, but it is...
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its military forces to fight hours and there is something very chinaat the core of the policy and the pentagon. charles? beyondink we are way talking. there is a new report in this week showing that to not only are chinese cyber attacks hurting our economy, which we knew, stealing intellectual property, but is doing damage to our national security and arming the chinese with the equivalent to weapons and antidotes to our weapons. this is a national security issue. up until now, we have been doing defensive measures, which the chinese are able to get around. in this war, the offense is stronger than defense. the issue has always been doing counterattack the cyber attacks? i think we have reached a point where we are going to have to organize, as we did in the war on terror. a way to counterattack and say to the chinese, we are serious. they are not going to listen to us. up it willbring it be brushed away in the chinese will deny it. unless the chinese worry we are going to do to them what they are doing to us, this is going to continue and be seriously harmful to the united states. >> are we d
its military forces to fight hours and there is something very chinaat the core of the policy and the pentagon. charles? beyondink we are way talking. there is a new report in this week showing that to not only are chinese cyber attacks hurting our economy, which we knew, stealing intellectual property, but is doing damage to our national security and arming the chinese with the equivalent to weapons and antidotes to our weapons. this is a national security issue. up until now, we have been...
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two reports tonight, first david martin is at the pentagon. david? >> reporter: bob, president obama's national security advisor has just sent out a tweet calling what happened in syria an apparent chemical weapons attack. and the commander of u.s. forces in the mediterranean has ordered navy warships to move closer to syria to be ready for a possible cruise missile strike. launching cruise missiles from the sea would not risk any american lives. it would be a punitive strike designed not to topple syrian dictator bashar al-assad but to convince him he cannot get away the w using chemical weapons. joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey is expected to present options for a strike at a white house meeting on saturday. potential targets include command bunkers and launchers used to fire chemical weapons. however, officials stress president obama, who until now has steadfastly resisted calls for military interventions, has not made a decision. u.s. intelligence detected activity at known syrian chemical weapons sites in the days before the attack.
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a series of documents that later became known as the pentagon papers. he became the first person prosecuted under the 1917 espionage act for releasing classified information to the public. the case was later thrown out after the judge learned that the government had engaged in the illegal wiretapping of ellsber. daniel ellsberg joins me live from california. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for the opportunity. i'm very impressed by what i've heard in the last couple hours including snowden's own video here. i think he's done an enormous service, incalculable service. can't be overestimated to this democracy. it gives us a chance, i think, from drawing back from the total surveillance state that we could say we're in process of becoming, i'm afraid we have become. that's what he's revealed. i didn't expect there was any chance of reversing that course, what was called earlier, total surveillance. i think if the public now is given authentic documents or official documents that congress simply can't plausibly deny or plausibly claim ignorance of, m
a series of documents that later became known as the pentagon papers. he became the first person prosecuted under the 1917 espionage act for releasing classified information to the public. the case was later thrown out after the judge learned that the government had engaged in the illegal wiretapping of ellsber. daniel ellsberg joins me live from california. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for the opportunity. i'm very impressed by what i've heard in the last couple hours including...
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. >> want to bring in our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. tell us, first of all, what do we know about how this even happened? >> reporter: well, suzanne, the military is saying seven marines were killed when a 60 millimeter mortar shell, already in the tube, in the weapon essentially exploded. seven marines killed, a number injured and medevac'd to hospital. likely with serious trauma injuries about the training situation, they would have been standing quite close to the mortar and to the weapon when it exploded. now a major investigation, of course, under way trying to determine what exactly happened and trying to see how they go forward from here. but seven military families, suzanne, getting the worst possible news today. >> such a shame. thank you, barbara. appreciate that. >>> a plan now to commit mass murder on a college campus. police in orlando, florida, they say they're trying to find out more about what this guy intended here. talking about the 30-year-old former student at university of central florida who killed himself yesterda
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. >> the pentagon, the v.a., all estimate it could be anywhere from 280,000 service members transitioning each year for the next five years, not including their spouses. so we'll see a significant number of post-9/11 veterans who will all be looking for jobs in the next five years. >> reporter: the message from veterans to potential employers, give us a chance to take what we learned in the military to prove it can apply to jobs in the civilian economy. >> and that is nightly business report tonight. i'm susie gharib, thank you for joining us. >>> and i'm tyler mathisen, have a great evening everybody. we hope to see you right back tomorrow night. >>> nightly business report harahas been brought to you by street.com, up to the moment marketing news and independent news daily. learn more at street.com/nbr. >> louisa. >> hello, martin. >> i know that you heard about my job in london. >> no, you might have told me first. i do have a right to know: i am carrying your child. ohh! >> congratulations. it's a boy. >> it's a boy! it's a boy! oh! oh, yes! oh.
. >> the pentagon, the v.a., all estimate it could be anywhere from 280,000 service members transitioning each year for the next five years, not including their spouses. so we'll see a significant number of post-9/11 veterans who will all be looking for jobs in the next five years. >> reporter: the message from veterans to potential employers, give us a chance to take what we learned in the military to prove it can apply to jobs in the civilian economy. >> and that is nightly...
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the pentagon information? >> the primary concern is protecting the american public in the area against any public further attacks boy the air. they have no indication there will be. there is some concern that since this appears to be a highly coordinated attack there may be other terrorist attacks that could be planned either in new york or elsewhere. this is absolutely the worst case scenario for the counter terrorist planners. apparently there were no firm indications prior to this could have happened. it would be for protection for the time being. not necessary low even thinking right now about any retaliation. >> david gregory is on the phone. >> the president is about to begin an education event which is being canceled. it will go forward in so far the president will come out and make a statement about this. he was made aware en route from his hotel to the school here in sarasota where he was going to talk about education and he will make a statement and we are told by white house officials quick low depa
the pentagon information? >> the primary concern is protecting the american public in the area against any public further attacks boy the air. they have no indication there will be. there is some concern that since this appears to be a highly coordinated attack there may be other terrorist attacks that could be planned either in new york or elsewhere. this is absolutely the worst case scenario for the counter terrorist planners. apparently there were no firm indications prior to this...
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that he only talked to the pentagon. the defense secretary ones. that he never called anybody in libya. and are you also surprised i'm not saying i'm -- i must say i'm astonished at the idea national administration has refused to give congress the fbi interviews with the survivors of benghazi. >> those are good questions. there are always unanswered questions in something like this but the hagel confirmation is not the forum to get that kind of information. i think there is another dimension here and that is what are democratic senators really thinking about the hagel nomination? i understand some of them have actually called the white house and said is hagel going to withdraw? would he consider withdrawing? the answer is an emphatic no but member johner erlicmman nixon's aide used to talk about twisting slowly in the wind and the factor here is time. and there is this twisting in the wind aura to all of this and i wonder whether the democrats are kind of looking and asking what really is the fundamental question here, is he the best person to be s
that he only talked to the pentagon. the defense secretary ones. that he never called anybody in libya. and are you also surprised i'm not saying i'm -- i must say i'm astonished at the idea national administration has refused to give congress the fbi interviews with the survivors of benghazi. >> those are good questions. there are always unanswered questions in something like this but the hagel confirmation is not the forum to get that kind of information. i think there is another...
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the pentagon has said that the troops will be in afghanistan until 2024 and beyond. in the 21st century military that the president and pentagon want to create, it unnecessarily need huge military bases all across afghanistan. what they want our special operations troops working in coordination with the capacity for drone strikes, but denies drone strikes and drone surveillance. what you mentioned in relation to the tragedy, just less than, it is so symptomatic of what happens. the civilians are at high risk, the antagonism towards the u.s. continues to rise, and the taliban says until all the troops are out, they will continue to fight. so afghans are saddled with this ongoing war. >> you spend one month and afghanistan recently. can you talk about the people he met and what their reactions have been to the u.s. presence? >> printers are so harsh in afghanistan. -- winters are so harsh in afghanistan. this time i was able to go up to the mountains to visit with those who are pushed up to a mountainside because they can afford piped water, so they move higher where t
the pentagon has said that the troops will be in afghanistan until 2024 and beyond. in the 21st century military that the president and pentagon want to create, it unnecessarily need huge military bases all across afghanistan. what they want our special operations troops working in coordination with the capacity for drone strikes, but denies drone strikes and drone surveillance. what you mentioned in relation to the tragedy, just less than, it is so symptomatic of what happens. the civilians...
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senate republican ares block the president's choice to run the pentagon. as gop senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attack, white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we talk with the man leading the call for more information, senator lindsey graham. his tee party response to the state of the union speech was critical to both the president and the gop. we will ask senator rand paul what he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy. also, it is less than two weeks until big automatic spending cuts kick in. we will ask the sunday panel will congress will reach a deal before the sequester deadline. and outraged our power player of the week helps the senate make history by keeping track of history. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. senate republicans made history this week, blocking a nominee for defense is secretary for the first time ever. they are demanding more information about the nominee former senator chuck hagel and about the benghazi t
senate republican ares block the president's choice to run the pentagon. as gop senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attack, white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we talk with the man leading the call for more information, senator lindsey graham. his tee party response to the state of the union speech was critical to both the president and the gop. we will ask senator rand paul what he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy....
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pentagon is lifting a ban for women on combat. hooray. i guess. if cushing the combat roles would affect the ability to move up the ladder, it shatters the glass ceiling. it also elevates risk. god bless her, that woman is a better man than i. if she wants to fight, far be it from me to say no. the chances are she could take me and chances are i would enjoy it. the only thing i ever served was a volleyball. senator mccain knows women must still meet the same physical standards as men. you can't become a seal unless you can do what a seal does, i don't mean date kimberly. if you lower standards, putting equality before victory, that is pointless and deadly. win for equality must not come at the expense of the brutal, vicious killing machine that is the awesome american military. we musten deny the bigger truth, one thing important to mankind is not taking a life, but making one. men fought the war so women didn't have to. women had the bigger job, giving birth, making men like me way more expendable. that is science. one man can populate a city, bu
pentagon is lifting a ban for women on combat. hooray. i guess. if cushing the combat roles would affect the ability to move up the ladder, it shatters the glass ceiling. it also elevates risk. god bless her, that woman is a better man than i. if she wants to fight, far be it from me to say no. the chances are she could take me and chances are i would enjoy it. the only thing i ever served was a volleyball. senator mccain knows women must still meet the same physical standards as men. you can't...
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nearly half the cuts will be to defense, the pentagon saying that $800,000 civilian employees could face furloughs, and everyone in the federal government from f.b.i. agents to meat inspectors to emergency responders could face furloughs. education funding and head start could also be especially hard hit, and we start off this morning with education secretary arne duncan. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning, major. thanks for having me. >> garrett: i know you will get to some of the implications of the across-the-board cuts, but in the recovery academy the education department received $98 billion. isn't there room in your budget, mr. secretary, to absorb some of these spending cuts and not have some of the negative effects that have been tellsed so far? >> our money all goes out to school districts. as you know, the vast majorpt of federal money goes to help vulnerable children, whether children with special needs, poor children whether whether adults in college doing work study, whether our babies in head start. we don't have any ability with dumb cuts
nearly half the cuts will be to defense, the pentagon saying that $800,000 civilian employees could face furloughs, and everyone in the federal government from f.b.i. agents to meat inspectors to emergency responders could face furloughs. education funding and head start could also be especially hard hit, and we start off this morning with education secretary arne duncan. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning, major. thanks for having me. >> garrett:...
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wanted them to take another look at the plea deal for the former marine who admitted to shooting at the pentagon and other military buildings. no one hurt in those shootings. under the deal, the 25-year-old would spend his next 25 years behind bars. but the defense attorneys say after the plea deal was cut, that the government doctors diagnosed him with mental illness and they want a judge to consider that new information. >>> afghan president is in town to talk about the transition of his nation's security from u.s. to afghan control. today he met separately with defense secretary and secretary of state hillary clinton. tomorrow he's scheduled to meet with president obama. >>> well there is a war of sorts between virginia and maryland over just where that new fbi headquarters should be located. as peggy fox reports today, northern virginia brought out the big guns, some federal state and local leaders all who want to bring the agency to the old dominion. >> reporter: it's rare to see a diverse group like this in one place saying the same thing. >> we all worked together on this, we are a team.
wanted them to take another look at the plea deal for the former marine who admitted to shooting at the pentagon and other military buildings. no one hurt in those shootings. under the deal, the 25-year-old would spend his next 25 years behind bars. but the defense attorneys say after the plea deal was cut, that the government doctors diagnosed him with mental illness and they want a judge to consider that new information. >>> afghan president is in town to talk about the transition of...
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maybe he has been tapped by the pentagon to stop all those christian bombings. the story was ignored except as breitbart.com points out a tongue kiss by sally quinn at "the washington post" where the people quoted in the article actually equated preaching with rape. look, when president obama brought up self-radicalization. i thought he meant it was bad. with benghazi, fort hood, the 100 granted benefits to terrorists now this as muslim supremist seem to blow us up the government rewards them. maybe i'm missing the point is it possible that labeling christians as feigns he was looking to reward them. are american christians now in line for free stuff, respect and admiration on the huffington post. maybe if i declare myself radicalized will a pop star think i'm cute? remember the story babysitters tormented by a creep calling her on the phone. the scary part comes when she realizes the calls are coming from inside the house. america is that house and the phone won't stop ringing. it's time to answer that call. you know, dana, in the process of doing this story wh
maybe he has been tapped by the pentagon to stop all those christian bombings. the story was ignored except as breitbart.com points out a tongue kiss by sally quinn at "the washington post" where the people quoted in the article actually equated preaching with rape. look, when president obama brought up self-radicalization. i thought he meant it was bad. with benghazi, fort hood, the 100 granted benefits to terrorists now this as muslim supremist seem to blow us up the government...
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. >>> there's word tonight the pentagon is drawing up military options to respond to this week's atrocities in syria, as the white house is under increasing pressure to act. the horrible images of lifeless civilians as what the rebels say were killed by chemical weapons. as the u.s. officials are trying to confirm the nature of the attack nbc news has spoken to one of the doctors on the ground treating the victims. he says the world is ignoring them. let's get to chuck todd. is america about to get involved in syria? >> reporter: looks like in some form we may do just that. the president seems to be on the verge of ordering some sort of military response in syria. the question is, what does that military operation look ke? right now the president's closest advisers are divided on the options that are in front of them. it is these heart-wrenching images of out sere ysyria, victims of brutal chemical weapon attack that accelerated the debate in washington. >> we are gathering information on this event. what we have seen indicates this is a big event. of grave concern. >> reporter: just how gr
. >>> there's word tonight the pentagon is drawing up military options to respond to this week's atrocities in syria, as the white house is under increasing pressure to act. the horrible images of lifeless civilians as what the rebels say were killed by chemical weapons. as the u.s. officials are trying to confirm the nature of the attack nbc news has spoken to one of the doctors on the ground treating the victims. he says the world is ignoring them. let's get to chuck todd. is america...
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and pentagon so they can better process these claims. it is one of the instances where in washington you have to have bipartisan determination and focus that's brought to bear on the administration to get this done. our veterans sacrifice and their service should be matched by a commence rate effort by the administration to process these claims expeditiously. >> the other topic the nra held the annual convention. the membership is up to 5 million people. the president says he is not giving up the fight for the gun laws. pat toomey supported the background checks. what needs to happen to get this voted on again and not just voted on but passed? >> chris, i think there will be an opportunity which we should take advantage of over a number of months to continue to build support for the background check legislation. and i think that is likely to happen for a variety of reasons. the main reason is that anyone who paid any attention to what happened in newtown i think what it would ask a united states senator, what are you doing to substantial
and pentagon so they can better process these claims. it is one of the instances where in washington you have to have bipartisan determination and focus that's brought to bear on the administration to get this done. our veterans sacrifice and their service should be matched by a commence rate effort by the administration to process these claims expeditiously. >> the other topic the nra held the annual convention. the membership is up to 5 million people. the president says he is not...
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there's billions of dollars the pentagon wants to cut, but isn't allowed. like the upgraded m-1 abrams tank, $3 billion. and the upgraded global hawk spy drone, $2.5 billion. with just over 48 hours until these cuts go into effect, you might think there would be urgent meetings going on here at the white house or up on capitol hill, but you would be wrong. there are no meetings or even phone calls on the schedule right now between the president and republican leaders. david? >> and friday is coming quickly, jon. our thanks to you tonight. >>> we're going to turn to iran this evening, where tonight, the iranian team is at the negotiating table with not only the u.s., but several other nations. those critical nuclear talks we've been reporting on for the last week here. as you know, we're just back from iran, where we witnessed first-hand the economic sanctions led by america. so many of the iranians at the markets, at the schools, telling us they can feel it. many telling us also they're hoping for a break in the impasse. >>> we're going to turn tonight to a
there's billions of dollars the pentagon wants to cut, but isn't allowed. like the upgraded m-1 abrams tank, $3 billion. and the upgraded global hawk spy drone, $2.5 billion. with just over 48 hours until these cuts go into effect, you might think there would be urgent meetings going on here at the white house or up on capitol hill, but you would be wrong. there are no meetings or even phone calls on the schedule right now between the president and republican leaders. david? >> and friday...
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. >>> there is word tonight the pentagon is drawing up military options to respond to this week's atrocities in syria, as the white house comes under increasing pressure to act. those horrible images of lifeless civilians killed by what the rebels say were chemical weapons has sparked international outrage. as the u.s. officials are trying to confirm the nature of the attack, nbc news has spoken to one of the doctors on the ground treating the victims. he says the world is ignoring them. let's get right to chuck todd at the white house. chuck, iraq, afghanistan. is america about to get involved in syria? >> reporter: well, lester, it looks like in some form. the president seems to be leaning every on sending some sort of strike. the question is, what does that military option look like? right now that's unclear and the president's closest advisers are divided on the options that are in front of them. it is these heart-wrenching images out of syria, lifeless bodies, many of them children, allegedly victims of brutal chemical weapon attacks that accelerated the debate in washington. >> we are
. >>> there is word tonight the pentagon is drawing up military options to respond to this week's atrocities in syria, as the white house comes under increasing pressure to act. those horrible images of lifeless civilians killed by what the rebels say were chemical weapons has sparked international outrage. as the u.s. officials are trying to confirm the nature of the attack, nbc news has spoken to one of the doctors on the ground treating the victims. he says the world is ignoring...
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former pentagon official is also our guest tonight. would you want to begin with the u.s. economy shocking the experts in shrinking for the first time since the recession. fox news iran house correspondent has our report. >> less than two weeks that the president said his second inaugural address that an economic recovery had begun to let the congress -- commerce departments and not so fast. slow growth slashed economic growth from three pa 1% to-1 to the persons in the fourth. they downplayed the report and give republicans part of the blame. >> consumer spending has been rising. >> comments about using the threat of across-the-board spending cuts not as a sequestered for leveraged for fiscal asperity. some members constituents are fighting. >> and put the damage on the economy as a -- you know, to achieve some political roles here in washington seems like a bad idea. >> accusing republicans of pushing spending cuts for their own sake. some minority leader mitch mcconnell denied that. >> this is a conversation about growth and opportunity. it is not a conversation about a
former pentagon official is also our guest tonight. would you want to begin with the u.s. economy shocking the experts in shrinking for the first time since the recession. fox news iran house correspondent has our report. >> less than two weeks that the president said his second inaugural address that an economic recovery had begun to let the congress -- commerce departments and not so fast. slow growth slashed economic growth from three pa 1% to-1 to the persons in the fourth. they...
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jon: this presents challenges for the pentagon because military leaders have to decide whether woman should be excluded from some of the more demanding and deadly commando jobs, like for instance being part of the navy seals or the army's delta force. correspondent jennifer griffin is live at passenger. what will this change mean, jennifer for women in the military, many of whom are already serving on the front lines? >> reporter: that's right, jon, remember, 280,000 women have served in the wars in iraq and afghanistan during the last ten years. what this will do is it will open certain positions that they've been barred from in the army and marines. 230,000 positions to be specific that they were barred from participating in, even though many of them were being attached to some of those front-line units. secretary panetta plans to lift the military's ban on women serving in combat. that ban has been in place since 1994. the service chiefs have until january, 2016 to seek exceptions to certain things, certain units. women who have been affected by the ban say that they were denied p
jon: this presents challenges for the pentagon because military leaders have to decide whether woman should be excluded from some of the more demanding and deadly commando jobs, like for instance being part of the navy seals or the army's delta force. correspondent jennifer griffin is live at passenger. what will this change mean, jennifer for women in the military, many of whom are already serving on the front lines? >> reporter: that's right, jon, remember, 280,000 women have served in...
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pentagon in the navy that i was somehow involved in intelligence that said to conspiracy theories about watergate which you know there's just no basis for but i wish i'd been telegin so it would have been much more interesting than what i did as a investigative reporter have you ever honestly or dishonest slee used wiretapping or gained information. in a manner that might be considered out of order no absolutely think of it as member i started in the nixon case really and that was all about wiretapping and it kind of had under roma was negative and to get into something like that would be just didn't happen now people have given me transcripts of wire taps that other people did that have been used. including nixon's own wiretap in his own office stick cheney told us that he thinks that was snowden did . was treason once an enemy of the united states to reveal that when you think you know i wish he'd come to me instead of others particularly the guardian and i would have said to him. let's not reveal who you are let's make you a protected source and give me time with his dad and let's so
pentagon in the navy that i was somehow involved in intelligence that said to conspiracy theories about watergate which you know there's just no basis for but i wish i'd been telegin so it would have been much more interesting than what i did as a investigative reporter have you ever honestly or dishonest slee used wiretapping or gained information. in a manner that might be considered out of order no absolutely think of it as member i started in the nixon case really and that was all about...
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pentagon adding 14 new missile interceptor on the west coast. martha on how real the north korean threat is. today more provocation. 2 short range missiles launched but it is the unexpectedly quick advances that north korea and the young leader kim have made in recent month. newshawk test. long range missile launches and this apparently new road mobile intercontinental ballistic missile that has convinced the pentagon that protective measures must be dr. matcly increased. >> reason we are in inconveniencing our program here homeland security is to not take any chances. is to stay ahead of the threat. >>reporter: there will be 14 new missile interceptor added to the 30 already deployed. interceptor are designed to doe text a launch with satellite and radar. if an ep enemy launch is detected dozens of intercepttors fired from california and alaska. >> this young lad ought to be deterred by that. if in the we'll be ready. >> pentagon made mostly clear today that north korea mobile icbm has the range to reach the u.s. while those interceptor can pot
pentagon adding 14 new missile interceptor on the west coast. martha on how real the north korean threat is. today more provocation. 2 short range missiles launched but it is the unexpectedly quick advances that north korea and the young leader kim have made in recent month. newshawk test. long range missile launches and this apparently new road mobile intercontinental ballistic missile that has convinced the pentagon that protective measures must be dr. matcly increased. >> reason we are...
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capitol and the pentagon. it can feel like a lot longer than that for chuck hagel today, as republicans gear up for a good old-fashioned grilling on his nomination for secretary of defense. one topic sure to come up is israel, which just launched an air strike in syria that u.s. officials say targeted a convoy of russian-made weapons that were headed for lebanon. now russia, the arab league, and hezbollah are all condemning the action. >>> and the new chairman of the senate foreign relations committee pays back $60,000 to a donor for airplane rides. and that donor is under investigation by the fbi. much more on a stranger sorry surrounding senator bob menen z menendez. good morning from washington. it's thursday, january 31st, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. now less than 30 minutes away from the start of chuck hagel's confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of defense. we'll take you there live for his opening statement, along with what's expected to be some tough questioning from
capitol and the pentagon. it can feel like a lot longer than that for chuck hagel today, as republicans gear up for a good old-fashioned grilling on his nomination for secretary of defense. one topic sure to come up is israel, which just launched an air strike in syria that u.s. officials say targeted a convoy of russian-made weapons that were headed for lebanon. now russia, the arab league, and hezbollah are all condemning the action. >>> and the new chairman of the senate foreign...
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the navy referred us back to the pentagon. trace? >> trace: were there other levels of review before the information got passed along to the pentagon? >> yes. that private company you were talking about, usis, says it cannot shed anymore light on aaron alexis' brown check it did in 2007 because, quote, we contractually prohibited retaining information from the background checks, and, therefore, are unable to comment further on the nature of scope of this or any other background check. so usis, which does half of the background checks for the federal government, passes along whatever it finds to the office of personnel management, and then opm passes it along to the relevant agency, in this case the navy, since alexis was a navy reservists. opm says the department of defense did not ask opm for any additional investigative actions after it received the completed background information. this is what is so frustrating for senator mccaskill who has asked the inspector general to get her some answers on alexis' brown checks, specifically
the navy referred us back to the pentagon. trace? >> trace: were there other levels of review before the information got passed along to the pentagon? >> yes. that private company you were talking about, usis, says it cannot shed anymore light on aaron alexis' brown check it did in 2007 because, quote, we contractually prohibited retaining information from the background checks, and, therefore, are unable to comment further on the nature of scope of this or any other background...
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about how messy or how difficult this transition hases been and says the talks between the cia and the pentagon are focused on finding a way to merge key aspects of the cia's drone operations with those of the military so that both sides are de deeply and simultaneously involved in nearly every strike. and yet what a lot the of people on the inside are saying is that the cia is still the big player. some officials saying brennan has gone native or has changed his mind now that he has the job where he runs this. why specifically is that bad from an american perspective? >> well, first off, i don't think brennan has shifted and we have not seen from the obama administration a decision to reverse the earlier move that would put these operations under the control of the military. what i think we're experiencing is it's just hard to change the bureaucracy. this has been going on in this manner for more than ten years. there's a huge infrastructure that's built up around these programs and the cia is reluctant to just give that up and, frankly, the military is also reluctant to just do it the way the
about how messy or how difficult this transition hases been and says the talks between the cia and the pentagon are focused on finding a way to merge key aspects of the cia's drone operations with those of the military so that both sides are de deeply and simultaneously involved in nearly every strike. and yet what a lot the of people on the inside are saying is that the cia is still the big player. some officials saying brennan has gone native or has changed his mind now that he has the job...
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saved would count but tell that to congress as money is spent on a missile defense program that the pentagon doesn't even want more of that later in the show. it's thursday march twenty eighth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team. starting off this hour protest coming out of chicago in response to school shutdowns after announcing the closing of fifty four schools in the city the largest single closure in the history of the united states parents teachers and students took to the streets to voice their disapproval and this lee latest measure designed to help close a one billion dollars budget deficit artie's on the stasi a church is in chicago with more. record single school closure in u.s. history versus the people. chicago the third largest city in america plans to shut down fifty four public schools by autumn this year and makes us feel like we are not important to anybody and makes us so much harder for us to get an education thousands of protesters flooded onto the streets of the windy city to rally against this measure on wednesday one hundred sixty
saved would count but tell that to congress as money is spent on a missile defense program that the pentagon doesn't even want more of that later in the show. it's thursday march twenty eighth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team. starting off this hour protest coming out of chicago in response to school shutdowns after announcing the closing of fifty four schools in the city the largest single closure in the history of the united states parents teachers and...
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defense attorneys want a judge to review a plea deal to a former marine who's admitted to shooting at the pentagon and other buildings. under the deal 25-year-old jonathan melaku would spend the next 25 years behind bars. but the new defense attorneys say the deal was cut before he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. they want a judge to consider the new information and the plea deal. >>> the federal communications commission is taking steps to prevent problems like you experienced during the derecho. remember that? verizon customers couldn't call 911 after the storm because the system failed. the fcc says its plans to put mandatory rules in place to avoid problems with emergency services and also said failures were to blame for the problem. >> and what happened during the derecho and after the derecho. the lack of service, the lack of communication must never happen again. and i consider the ruling today a real validation. >> the metropolitan washington council of government issues a statement praising the fcc for its ruling and called on them to put new rules in action to support local emergency o
defense attorneys want a judge to review a plea deal to a former marine who's admitted to shooting at the pentagon and other buildings. under the deal 25-year-old jonathan melaku would spend the next 25 years behind bars. but the new defense attorneys say the deal was cut before he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. they want a judge to consider the new information and the plea deal. >>> the federal communications commission is taking steps to prevent problems like you experienced...
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the paper that exposed watergate, published the pentagon papers. serious and diligent news consumer will realize coming incidents like the watergate conspiracy and the pentagon papers, that was 40 years ago. the hallowed tradition of the washington post we are worried that bezos will ruin, -- and we do not know if it will get worse, it may not -- but that tradition, the washington post has really been a newspaper of the bipartisan consensus. in nations like iraq could hardly have happened without the editorial pages headed by a hawk, fred hiatt, who is still hise today, and in editorial pages before the iraq invasion, more than two dozen editorials urging the invasion. skeptics were merciless the savaged in the editorial pages, but they were not allowed to speak for themselves. so when i hear people talk about the washington post under the grant family, the paper of watergate, it reminds me of people who look at barack obama and say that he is the community organizer embedded with the poor in chicago. the washington post we should be thinking about
the paper that exposed watergate, published the pentagon papers. serious and diligent news consumer will realize coming incidents like the watergate conspiracy and the pentagon papers, that was 40 years ago. the hallowed tradition of the washington post we are worried that bezos will ruin, -- and we do not know if it will get worse, it may not -- but that tradition, the washington post has really been a newspaper of the bipartisan consensus. in nations like iraq could hardly have happened...
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they say it helped his singapore company overbill the pentagon. >>> a georgia family is demanding to know how thirteen age son was killed. his body rolled up in a gym mat. surveillance video shows kendrick johnson, that's him in the right with the long braids in a white t-shirt s seen entering the gym. the mat where his body was found is not in the video. johnson's father says they want answers. >> that's all we want to know, exactly what happened to kendrick and how did it happen? that's all we ever wanted, you know, they can bring forth the evidence and show us, you know, what they have and what they seem to think exactly happened. you know, that's all we want, the truth. >> the family's attorney says they are suspicious of why the video failed to show what happened. snooi. >>> turning to sports with richard lui. >> last night a physical game with the chicago bulls. in the second, derrick rose with a clean two on this shot here. later two minutes left in the game, indiana steals. off to lance stephenson. he takes that, gets the dunk. pacers, 97-80. lone undefeated. golden state at
they say it helped his singapore company overbill the pentagon. >>> a georgia family is demanding to know how thirteen age son was killed. his body rolled up in a gym mat. surveillance video shows kendrick johnson, that's him in the right with the long braids in a white t-shirt s seen entering the gym. the mat where his body was found is not in the video. johnson's father says they want answers. >> that's all we want to know, exactly what happened to kendrick and how did it...
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. >> dana: or setting off bomb at the pentagon. >> bob: liberal professors before that. >> andrea: there is a bit -- >> bob: i could pick out right wing professors who didn't -- >> andrea: people online praised him. >> bob: do you how me liberals -- boston >> most of them are -- >> andrea: most of them are in the university. coming up, did you know pilgrims were illegal immigrants? that is what a federal agency is telling the employees and up with of their training videos on cultural diversity. we have that tape. that up next on "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: the usda is getting unwanted attention for training program on cultural diversity. costing taxpayers on $200,000. it was on tape. the video opposed by judicial watch shows the instructor giving employees cultural sensitivity training. listen. >> pilgrims are illegal aliens. say the pilgrims never gave a passport to the indians. by the way, i don't like the word "minority." how about emerging majority. >> dana: they had broader culture and this was broken on the o'reilly factor. was it good use of taxpayers dollars? >> absolutely not.
. >> dana: or setting off bomb at the pentagon. >> bob: liberal professors before that. >> andrea: there is a bit -- >> bob: i could pick out right wing professors who didn't -- >> andrea: people online praised him. >> bob: do you how me liberals -- boston >> most of them are -- >> andrea: most of them are in the university. coming up, did you know pilgrims were illegal immigrants? that is what a federal agency is telling the employees and up with...
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can you justify where you are able to give more incripple nant funds to the pentagon and defense and like the congressman says, make these big hatchet cuts to other programs, entitlement programs? >> well, i think we all agree that there's a better way to prioritize the spending reductions, no doubt. but i spent 28 years in the private sector. it's not uncommon when you're in business to find ways to find a 5% reduction in spending. the challenge we face back here in washington is the reckless spending and the last of the will to do any reductions in spending. there's no doubt there's a better way to reduce spending but we have to start somewhere here. the legislation moving forward will provide some additional flexibility so we don't compromise national security, fbi, wire files and so forth so that we have the essential services covered as we keep the government running. >> sir, how do you justify? we've been watching this morning, too, the dow jones up by 147 points right now, so we're seeing a banner day on wall street. but meanwhile, we're hearing from our elected leaders the bl
can you justify where you are able to give more incripple nant funds to the pentagon and defense and like the congressman says, make these big hatchet cuts to other programs, entitlement programs? >> well, i think we all agree that there's a better way to prioritize the spending reductions, no doubt. but i spent 28 years in the private sector. it's not uncommon when you're in business to find ways to find a 5% reduction in spending. the challenge we face back here in washington is the...